Seminar for Arabian Studies

- Updates to Website

The 2010 Seminar for Arabian Studies will be held at the British Museum in London from Thursday 22nd - Saturday 24th July 2010

We look forward to seeing you in London in July 2010 !

This is supported by the MBI Foundation. Visit their website at: www.mbifoundation.com.

Seminar for Arabian Studies 22-24 July 2010 (British Museum, London, U.K.)

21 July 2010

Added details of the final programme (pdf, 220 Kb) - Click here to download.

21 May 2010

Added complete list of all abstracts.

17 May 2010

Added details of the provisional programme (pdf, 212Kb) - Click here to download.

16 May 2010

Added corrected versions of Poster and Speaker forms.

2 April 2010

For those who wish to make their own arrangements for accommodation, there are many hotels within easy walking distance of the British Museum. The following are reasonably priced. Please contact them to check for the latest prices.

30 March 2010

Added downloadable forms for speakers and poster presenters planning to attend the 2010 Seminar for Arabian Studies. Please click on the following links to download the appropriate form(s):

Speaker Form (Microsoft Word - 59Kb) - please return to seminar.arab@durham.ac.uk by 30 April 2010.

Poster Form (Microsoft Word - 55Kb) - please return to seminar.arab@durham.ac.uk by 30 June 2010.
Please take note of the Poster Guidelines (Microsoft Word - 50Kb)

Registration/Accommodation Form (Microsoft Word - 114Kb) - please return to seminar.arab@durham.ac.uk by 30 June 2010.

16 January 2010

Dear Colleagues,

This is a reminder that the final submission date for abstracts for this year’s Seminar for Arabian Studies Conference is the 15th of February 2010.

If you wish to offer a paper for consideration by the Steering Committee, please send a 200-word abstract to arrive either before or on the 15th of February 2010 to seminar.arab@durham.ac.uk or write to the Seminar for Arabian Studies, c/o The British Museum, Middle East Department, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG, England. Abstracts submitted after the deadline may be accepted, rejected or suggested as a poster contribution at the discretion of the organizers. The abstract must include:

1) the name(s) and full contact details (affiliation(s)) of the contributor(s)

2) the title of the proposed paper

3) set out what the paper intends to cover

4) the approach it will take

5) indicate the significance of the topic

Presentations are 20 minutes in length followed by 5 minutes of questions

Due to the limited time available for the programme, and the increasing number of abstracts we receive there is no guarantee that all papers will be accepted. As in previous years we can normally only accept one paper from any given project.

All abstracts received by the February deadline will be considered by the Steering Committee and will be selected on the basis of quality, originality, and importance of the topic.

Details of the Seminar will be posted on our website soon (www.arabianseminar.org.uk) and further information will be sent out in April, once the provisional programme has been organized.

Yours sincerely,

Dr Ardle MacMahon (Secretary, Seminar for Arabian Studies)

7 October 2009

Removed all people's email addresses from the 2009 Seminar abstracts page, due to several complaints about people receiving excessive junk mail.

5 September 2009

Added a new version of the Index of the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies. This now covers all volumes 1-39 (1971-2009). Special thanks go to Dr David Milson at Archaeopress for his assistance. The index is available online in html format, or can be accessed as a pdf download (216 Kb)

2 September 2009

Here are some graphs kindly prepared by Dr. Ardle MacMahon, Secretary of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, concerning attendance statistics for the Seminar, as well as information concerning the origin of Seminar participants. They demonstrate the extremely healthy status of the Seminar.











1 September 2009

Added photographic gallery with photographs taken during the 2009 Seminar for Arabian Studies.

29 August 2009

Updated website with downloadable Fonts (Semitic Times New with the recommended Greek font", kindly provided by Dr David Milson of Archaeopress for the Seminar for Arabian Studies.).

28 August 2009

Added new downloadable Instructions for Authors (pdf - 822 Kb), as well as Guidelines for Editors (pdf - 848 Kb).

26 August 2009

Added downloadable Final Programme and Abstracts in Acrobat pdf format (565 Kb).

Added downloadable Poster Abstracts in Acrobat pdf format (524 Kb).

28 July 2009

Added details about the new volume of the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, Volume 39.

To order this new volume, click here for an order form (pdf, 351 Kb)

3 July 2009

Updated the Abstracts for the 2009 Arabian Seminar.

5 June 2009

The Seminar has available a very limited number of rooms in Ramsay Hall, Student Accommodation. Please do not delay in making your booking as early as possible as rooms are only available on a first come first served basis. Our allocation of accommodation at Ramsay Hall student accommodation is nearly filled. We are currently investigating the possibility of the availability of further rooms. As such, please do not assume that this accommodation is available when returning your registration form and check before making any payment. The cost of bed and breakfast is £37.00 per night.

3 June 2009

Updated information on bank details for payment of Seminar fees. The full details are as follows: Payments made by Direct Transfer (including £2 handling charge for amounts under £100 or £7 for amounts over £100) should be made in Sterling to Lloyds Bank plc (Paddington Branch), London. IBAN GB03 LOYD 309 640 004 599 51. Account no. 00459951, Sort Code 30-96-40, Account name: 'Seminar for Arabian Studies'. SWIFT: LOYDGB21062. Telex: 888301 to Lloyds Bank plc, International Operations Centre, P.O. Box 63, 38a Paradise Street, Birmingham, B1 2AB, UK.

29 May 2009

Updated information on home page.

11 May 2009

Added details of the Programme [ which you can also download as a pdf file by clicking here ]. Also added all Abstracts and details of Posters, as well as a downloadable Booking Form to register for the 2009 Seminar for Arabian Studies and to book accommodation in Ramsay Hall. For those of you who wish to stay in hotels visit this List of Hotels in the neighbourhood of the British Museum. The Seminar for Arabian Studies in no way endorses or takes responsibility for any of these establishments.

Also added downloadable forms for Speakers (which they have to submit as soon as possible), and Poster presentors (which participants have to complete and submit by 30 June 2009).

10 February 2009

Posted the final call for papers, along with details of this year's MBI public lecture, to be held on the evening of the first day of the Seminar, Thursday 23rd July 2009, which will be given by Michael Macdonald (Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford) on 'Arabia and the Written Word'. All participants of the Seminar are welcome to this lecture. This will be followed the next day by a Parallel Special Sessions at the Seminar on 'The Development of Arabic as a Written Language' and the 'Archaeology of Qatar'.

29 December 2008

Added gallery of pictures taken at the reception during the 2008 Seminar. Click here to visit.

15 November 2008

Added announcement that if you wish to offer a paper to the 2009 Seminar for Arabian Studies (23-25 July 2009) please send a 200-word abstract before the 16th of February 2009 for consideration. The abstract must set out what the paper intends to cover, the approach it will take and indicate the significance of the topic. Due to the limited time available, and the increasing number of abstracts we receive there is no guarantee that all papers will be accepted. All abstracts received by the February deadline will be considered by the Steering Committee in early March and will be selected on the basis of quality, originality, and importance of the topic. As in previous years we can normally only accept one paper from any given project.

The Committee is happy to announce that this year there will be a Special Session entitled 'The Development of Arabic as a Written Language'. This session is being arranged by Dr Robert G. Hoyland, Michael C.A. Macdonald and Dr Venetia Porter.

The Committee also encourages individuals that wish to present posters at the Seminar. If you are interested in offering a poster at this year's Seminar please send an abstract, clearly stating that it is for a poster, before the 30th of June.

If you know of anyone who would like to be added to the Seminar mailing list please ask them to email seminar.arab@durham.ac.uk us and we will be happy to oblige.

Yours sincerely,

The Steering & Editorial Committee

Dr Robert Carter (Chair), Dr Ardle Mac Mahon (Secretary), Andrew Thompson (Treasurer), Janet Starkey (PSAS Editor-in-Chief), Prof. Khaleel Al-Muaikel, Prof. Alessandra Avanzini, Dr Mark Beech, Dr Nadia Durrani, Dr Ricardo Eichmann, Prof. Clive Holes, Dr Robert G. Hoyland, Dr Derek Kennet, Michael C.A. Macdonald, Dr Venetia Porter, Prof Dan Potts, Prof. Christian Robin, Dr St. John Simpson, Prof. Janet Watson & Dr Lloyd Weeks

We look forward to seeing you all in London in 2009 !

For more information about the Seminar for Arabian Studies please email: seminar.arab@durham.ac.uk

17 October 2008

Added announcement that the 2009 Seminar for Arabian Studies will be held at the British Museum in London from Thursday 23rd - Saturday 25th July 2009.

7 October 2008

Updated the Instructions for Authors (Section 14. Authors and Joint-authors of both full papers and précis will receive a pdf file after the publication of the Proceedings).

21 July 2008

Updated the final programme to the website.

Updated website with details of PSAS 38 which will be available for sale at the Seminar.

Added details about the new volume of the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, Volume 38.

To order this new volume, click here for an order form (pdf, 173Kb)

Added details about Janet Starkey, the new Editor-in-Chief of the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies.

Updated the new Instructions for Authors (pdf - 467 Kb).

18 July 2008

Neil MACGREGOR, Director of the British Museum, has kindly agreed to make the opening address at 09.45a.m. on Thursday 24th July welcoming participants to the 2008 Seminar for Arabian Studies.

11 July 2008

Updated abstracts with missing biographies (Miklikova and Belanova) for the 2008 Seminar for Arabian Studies.

8 July 2008

Updated abstracts for the 2008 Seminar for Arabian Studies.

28 June 2008

Updated abstracts for the 2008 Seminar for Arabian Studies. Added details of additional posters submitted.

Dear All,

Due to refurbishment at Ramsay Hall they have had to close down some extra floors unexpectedly. As a consequence accommodation is no longer available at Ramsay Hall.

Alternative accommodation has been arranged at Schafer House, 168 – 182 Drummond Street, NW1 3HZ. Tel: 020 7387 1286 & Fax: 020 7383 3920. Click here for a location map using streetmap.co.uk. The cost is still £37.00 per night (bed & breakfast) per person in single bedrooms. Please note that Schafer House is a student residence, not a hotel, and for those who prefer to make their own arrangements a list of hotels can be found on our website, however, the Seminar bears no responsibility for these.

Schafer House has 364 single rooms arranged in flats of up to 5 rooms around a kitchen/dining room and a shower room with toilet.

The building is of a higher standard than Ramsay Hall and is fully self-catered. It is located about a 10 minutes walk away from Ramsay Hall across the Euston Road. Breakfast will still be served in Ramsay Hall. Click here for a location map using streetmap.co.uk.

5 June 2008

Updated abstracts for the 2008 Seminar for Arabian Studies.

1 June 2008

Updated draft programme and abstracts for the 2008 Seminar for Arabian Studies.

BOOKING FORM - click here for a booking form to register for the 2008 Seminar for Arabian Studies, and to book your accommodation in Ramsay Hall. Please don't delay in making your booking as only a limited number of rooms are available.

Visit also a List of Hotels in the neighbourhood of the British Museum. The Seminar for Arabian Studies in no way endorses or takes responsibility for any of these establishments.

SPEAKER FORM - click here for a form which all speakers have to complete and submit as soon as possible.

POSTER FORM - click here for a form which all people preparing a poster have to complete and submit by 18 June.

19 May 2008

Updated abstracts for the 2008 Seminar for Arabian Studies.

29 April 2008

Added booking form for participants to register for the 2008 Seminar for Arabian Studies, and to book accommodation in Ramsay Hall.

Added abstracts for the 2008 Seminar for Arabian Studies. Note that a few are still missing, but these will be uploaded shortly.

25 April 2008

Updated website with the draft programme for this summer's seminar.

9 February 2008

Updated Instructions for Authors document on website.

30 January 2008

Updated website with details of changes on Seminar Committee. Dr Robert Carter is now Chair, and Prof. Janet Watson has joined the steering committee.

28 January 2008

Added gallery of pictures taken at the reception during the 2007 Seminar. Click here to visit.

20 January 2008

Added note about submission deadline for the forthcoming 2008 Seminar for Arabian Studies. 200 word abstracts should be emailed to: seminar.arab@durham.ac.uk by the 15th February 2008 at the latest.

15 July 2007

Added details about the new volume of the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, Volume 37.

To order this new volume, click here for an order form (pdf, 173Kb)

14 July 2007

Added one more abstract for Posters which will be presented at the 2007 Seminar. A total of seven posters have now been offered. The latest one to be offered is The MBI al Jaber Foundation - by Carolyn PERRY (MBI al Jaber Foundation, London, UK)

4 July 2007

Added one more abstract for Posters which will be presented at the 2007 Seminar. A total of six posters have now been offered.

30 June 2007

Added one more abstract for Posters which will be presented at the 2007 Seminar. A total of five posters have now been offered.

29 June 2007

Added two more abstracts for Posters which will be presented at the 2007 Seminar. A total of four posters have now been offered.

28 June 2007

Updated changes to the programme. The Coppa et al. paper in the Palaeolithic session has now been withdrawn and adjustments made in the timetable for the 2007 Seminar.

26 June 2007

Added details of the abstracts for the Posters which have been already offered for the 2007 Seminar.

22 June 2007

Added a downloadable form for those wishing to submit posters to the 2007 Seminar. Please ensure that you complete and email us this form as soon as possible. Posters will be placed in screens approximately 1.8m tall and 1m wide so please size your presentation accordingly.

20 June 2007

Updated minor changes to abstracts.

18 June 2007

Updated minor changes to programme and abstracts, including a new downloadable version of the programme in pdf format.

10 June 2007

Updated minor changes to programme and abstracts.

Please note that the paper "Patterns of Occupation and Use within the Wadi Raghwan, Marib Governate of Yemen: a GIS Approach" by William D. GLANZMAN (Department of Behavioural Sciences, Mount Royal College, Canada) and Sidney G. REMPEL (School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, USA) has now been withdrawn.

25 May 2007

Added the Abstracts for the 2007 Seminar.

21 May 2007

Updated the links page with new sections on maps, travel and universities.

18 May 2007

For those of you who wish to book your own accommodation in a nearby hotel, you may visit our list of hotels within walking distance of the British Museum.

15 May 2007

Some pictures taken at last year’s Seminar Reception can be found at www.arabianseminar.org.uk/2006gallery.html.

2 April 2007

Added booking form and provisional programme to the 2007 Seminar web page.

2 February 2007

Added reminder to home page about deadline to submit abstracts for 2007 Seminar.

1 January 2007

Dr Rob Carter stepped down as Editor-in-chief but remains a member of the Steering Commitee. Added new members to the Editorial Commiitee.

3 September 2006

Added downloadable Instructions for Authors (Microsoft Word - 108 Kb) for those submitting papers to be published in the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 2007 (Volume 37).

1 September 2006

Dr. Lloyd Weeks is joining Dr St John Simpson and Dr Rob Carter as a Editor-in-chief for the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies. See the PSAS Committee web page.

30 August 2006

Added information about the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies. All back volumes are now in print again and can be ordered from ArchaeoPress. For an order form click here (Microsoft Word - 44 Kb).

22 July 2006

Added new index for volumes 1-36 of the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies. This is available in both html as well as PDF formats.

Added details of the papers in Volume 36 of the Proceedings. This is due to be released next week at the Seminar.

21 July 2006

Made updates and corrections to the programme and abstracts for this summer's seminar.

19 July 2006

Made updates and corrections to the programme and abstracts for this summer's seminar.

9 July 2006

Made minor updates and corrections to the programme and abstracts for this summer's seminar.

19 June 2006

Made minor updates and corrections to the abstracts for this summer's seminar.

16 June 2006

Updated link to the British Museum's Middle East Now Season.

Made minor updates and corrections to the abstracts for this summer's seminar.

1 May 2006

Made minor updates and corrections to the provisional programme and abstracts for this summer's seminar.

18 April 2006

Added a downloadable booking form for the Seminar and Accommodation to the website. Please click here (Microsoft Word format, 46 Kb) to download it.

14 April 2006

Added the provisional programme and abstracts for this summer's seminar.

13 April 2006

Those attending this year's seminar may be also interested in the following event:

Thursday 27th July 2006 - BP Lecture Theatre, British Museum - 18.30 p.m.
"Corridor of Commerce: Archaeology and the lives of the peoples of the Gulf over seven thousand years".

In this illustrated lecture, Dr Derek Kennet, archaeologist and lecturer at the University of Durham, will explore how the pivotal position of the Gulf from Antiquity to the 19th century is reflected in the rich archaeological heritage of this region. Admission £5, Concessions £3, Free to registered attendees of the Seminar. The lecture forms part of the British Museum's "Middle East Now Season".

22 March 2006

Re-crawled the whole of the Seminar for Arabian Studies website using the What-U-Seek Search Engine. This means that you can now Search all up to date content.

21 March 2006

Added new online order forms for ordering from Archaeopress the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies and the A.F.L. Beeston at the Arabian Seminar and other Papers.

14 February 2006

Added new web page about the 2006 Seminar for Arabian Studies.

13 February 2006

Re-crawled the whole of the Seminar for Arabian Studies website using the What-U-Seek Search Engine. This means that you can now Search all up to date content.

12 February 2006

If you wish to give a paper this year please send a 200-word abstract before the 15th of February 2006 for consideration. The abstract must set out what the paper intends to cover, the approach it will take and indicate the significance of the topic. Due to the limited time available, and the increasing number of abstracts we receive there is no guarantee that all abstracts will be accepted. All abstracts received by the February deadline will be considered by the Steering Committee in early March and will be selected on the basis of quality, content, and importance of the topic. As in previous years we can normally only accept one paper from any given project.

Please email your abstracts to:

Dr. Ardle MacMahon (Secretary)
Seminar for Arabian Studies
email: seminar.arab@durham.ac.uk

25 October 2005

Added Freddie Beeston online exhibition to the Links / Exhibitions section of the website.

24 October 2005

Re-crawled the whole of the Seminar for Arabian Studies website using the What-U-Seek Search Engine. This means that you can now Search all up to date content.

22 October 2005

Added new Freddie Beeston tribute pages. This is an online version of the exhibition prepared for the 2005 Seminar for Arabian Studies.

20 October 2005

Added new links to National Bank of Dubai Pearl Museum (UAE) and review of Jeddah Museums (Saudi Arabia) in the Museums section of the Links page.

Added new link to Institute of Islamic and Arabic Science in America in the organisations section of the Links page.

5 September 2005

Added new Guidelines for authors submitting papers to the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies. This is an Acrobat pdf file (501 Kb).

4 September 2005

Added gallery of photographs taken during the reception at the 2005 Seminar for Arabian Studies.

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